July 26, 2010
From The Economist
Mass incarceration in the United States continues at record high levels despite outsized costs. According to recent data...
July 13, 2010
Today in Kansas City, Missouri, the NAACP awarded EJI Director Bryan Stevenson the William Robert Ming Award for Advocacy at the opening plenary...
May 10, 2010
On April 30, 2010, Alabama Governor Bob Riley signed a new law that limits incarceration in Alabama's overcrowded prisons for people on probation who...
April 5, 2010
Bryan Stevenson, right, on Bill Moyers Journal on PBS.
On April 2, 2010, EJI's Bryan Stevenson discussed the status of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr...
March 25, 2010
EJI staff with honoree Diane Jones, second from left.
On March 23, 2010, EJI honored George Kendall, Director of Squire, Sanders & Dempsey's...
March 18, 2010
In 2009, Alabama increased its prison population to over 31,000 people. That same period saw the state prison population nationwide decline for the...
February 2, 2010
Marsha Colby, pictured with two of her six children in 1997, prior to being falsely accused of killing her seventh child at birth.
Capital murder...
November 18, 2009
EJI is working to assist people who have been forced into homelessness, denied critical medical care, and subjected to permanent imprisonment as a...
September 8, 2009
On September 4, 2009, the Alabama Supreme Court reversed the conviction and sentence imposed on Marsha Colby, who was convicted of capital murder...
July 27, 2009
A national study found that more prisoners today are serving life sentences across the country than ever before. Alabama ranks among the top three...
